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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Special Correspondent

Gujarat riots forgery case: dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt remanded in police custody till July 20

A local court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday remanded former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in police custody till July 20 in the forgery and evidence fabrication case related to the 2002 riots in Gujarat. 

Mr. Bhatt was arrested through transfer warrant on Tuesday and produced before the additional chief metropolitan magistrate on Wednesday. 

The police sought 14-day remand of Mr. Bhatt to find out the alleged conspiracy he and two other accused, social activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R.B. Sreekumar, hatched to target top functionaries, including the then Chief Minister, Narendra Modi. 

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